Spring Break
Restaurants open late witness drunken antics
Victoria Vlisides
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: Arts & Lifestyle
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Although late night dining and delivery places give those who crave food late a haven, the employees also have to deal with more difficult, and sometimes shocking, patron behavior.
"We've had tables ripped out, chairs broken, holes in the walls and people spraying ketchup everywhere," Dapper Dogs co-owner John Basile said.
Rosa's has had people order food and then either forget what they ordered or when they ordered it. On occasion, Rosa's employees have had to drive drunk patrons home because they were too inebriated to even order their food.
At Toppers Pizza, there's a tradition they have nicknamed "drive-by's," involving free pizza, not guns. Drive-by's occur when a Topper's driver finds a group of drunk people walking down the street and has them do crazy things to get a free triple order of Toppers sticks. Toppers manager Matt Ziemann once made a group of drunk people do handstands to get free Toppers sticks.
Rosa's and Dapper Dogs are especially popular among late night eaters because they are located so close to the downtown bars.
"You can't even imagine what we've learned to tell about people just by what kind of hot dog they order," Basile said.
At Rosa's, girls tend to be a little more pushy and guys more vocal, employee Sean Stemper said. Italian Beef and cheese sticks are frequently ordered by the drunken crowd, Stemper said.
Fall is the busiest part of the year for late night orders. Everyone is back in town, and people have more money, Ziemann said.
"There's not that much difference between a male or female drunken late night orderer," Ziemann said. "Everyone wants their food 'right now.'"
Ziemann claims guys are usually more hostile when drunkenly ordering, and girls usually just have no idea what's going on.
Ziemann admits that he just learned to be nice in dealing with outrageous customers.
"I imagine it's a little like what a bartender goes through," he said.
Topper's employee Mark Rollinger said often times people will yell at Toppers cars, but it's something all late night pizza deliverers have to deal with on popular drinking nights.
"We've had tables ripped out, chairs broken, holes in the walls and people spraying ketchup everywhere," Dapper Dogs co-owner John Basile said.
Rosa's has had people order food and then either forget what they ordered or when they ordered it. On occasion, Rosa's employees have had to drive drunk patrons home because they were too inebriated to even order their food.
At Toppers Pizza, there's a tradition they have nicknamed "drive-by's," involving free pizza, not guns. Drive-by's occur when a Topper's driver finds a group of drunk people walking down the street and has them do crazy things to get a free triple order of Toppers sticks. Toppers manager Matt Ziemann once made a group of drunk people do handstands to get free Toppers sticks.
Rosa's and Dapper Dogs are especially popular among late night eaters because they are located so close to the downtown bars.
"You can't even imagine what we've learned to tell about people just by what kind of hot dog they order," Basile said.
At Rosa's, girls tend to be a little more pushy and guys more vocal, employee Sean Stemper said. Italian Beef and cheese sticks are frequently ordered by the drunken crowd, Stemper said.
Fall is the busiest part of the year for late night orders. Everyone is back in town, and people have more money, Ziemann said.
"There's not that much difference between a male or female drunken late night orderer," Ziemann said. "Everyone wants their food 'right now.'"
Ziemann claims guys are usually more hostile when drunkenly ordering, and girls usually just have no idea what's going on.
Ziemann admits that he just learned to be nice in dealing with outrageous customers.
"I imagine it's a little like what a bartender goes through," he said.
Topper's employee Mark Rollinger said often times people will yell at Toppers cars, but it's something all late night pizza deliverers have to deal with on popular drinking nights.
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